The packed conference was treated to a day full of innovative ideas and provocative discussions about the wise management of marine resources. In addition to the 260 in-person participants, hundreds more participated in viewing parties or individually followed the live-streamed proceedings at their computers.

- Six students from the Monterey Institute will receive U.S. Fulbright scholarship awards for the 2012-2013 academic year, the most in the Institute’s 57-year history and more on a per capita basis than every top-ten school in the 2012 US News & World Report college rankings.

- The Center focuses on the study and application of the right tools for managing conflicts, approaching them as a vehicle of change. The highlight of the inaugural week was a three-day conference titled “Religion and Gender: Identity, Conflict and Power.”